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“You knew?” my dad asks, his question directed at Marco

“It wasn’t our place to say,” Marco says “It was Micaela’s decision and whether we agreed with it or not, we had to respect it”

“Please,” Micaela says softly, her eyes bloodshot, and her cheeks tearstained “Let me explain”

Micaela

Seven Months Ago

“Yep, you’re pregnant,” Lexi says as I flush the toilet after throwing up for the third time She turns her phone around so I can view the screen “Throwing up, sore breasts, no period All signs point to you being knocked up”

I rinse my mouth out with ,” I say, completely in denial

“Or the flu,” Georgia adds

Lexi scoffs “Yeah, sure Let’s go” Lexi swipes her keys off the dresser

“Where to?” I ask

“The store to get a test,” she says over her shoulder, already walking out the door

The three of us jump into her jeep and she heads to the store The entire way e as I continue to pretend Lexi is crazy There’s no way I’nant We only had sex a couple ti that’s all it takes

“You co spot in front of the drug store

“No, you go” I pull my credit card out of my back pocket, but she waves me off

“Save it, you’ll need all the et when you have this baby”

“Lex,” Georgia groans

“What? It’s the truth” She shrugs “And I call dibs on throwing the baby shower”

A fewinto ht a few just in case Did you know the tests are on the saia s “What?” she says, exasperated “It’s pretty da If not to get condonancy test It’s like a rerab condo those”

If what she was saying wasn’t so da with her But the fact is, Ryan and I didn’t use protection He pulled out every time, but everyone knows that isn’t foolproof

We get back to her house and I take all three tests All of the: PREGNANT